The man who shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, setting off a nationwide outpouring of anger, told police that Martin knocked him down with a single punch and slammed his head into the sidewalk several times  an account that police said witnesses have corroborated, according to The Orlando Sentinel

Even the MSM is beginning to reort on how the case against Zimmerman is eroding. Of course, that great Fox "journalist," Shep Smith hasn't said a word about it.

Also, from the end of the article:

Meanwhile, the Smoking Gun, a website that tracks criminal cases and document filings, reported Monday afternoon that Martin's mother, Sabrina Fulton, filed two applications last week for trademarks on her late son's name.

Fulton is seeking marks for the phrases "I Am Trayvon" and "Justice for Trayvon," according to filings with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In both instances, Fulton is seeking the trademarks for use on "Digital materials, namely, CDs and DVDs featuring Trayvon Martin," and other products.

Of course, there's no profit motive involved in hyping this whole thing and lynching Zimmerman.

No way, this can’t be true..Trayvon is a martyr, I mean look at those adorable little baby cheeks he has that you just want to squeeze. He is an absolute angel, yeah, he loves to sell some weed, beat up bus drivers, and dress like a gang banger, hey don’t all “model students” all do that?

Some reports of injuries to Zimmerman would, as good circumstantial evidence, corroborate Zimmerman’s version of events; i.e. cuts on the back of the head, broken nose, stains on the back of his shirt etc. In addition, medical reports from the Emergency Room where he was taken could also provide support or refutation of Zimmerman’s version of events.

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posted on 03/26/2012 1:04:32 PM PDT
by AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)

‘Comrades!’ cried an eager youthful voice. ‘Attention, comrades! We have terrible news for you. We have lost Comrade no_limit_nigga! He was shot to death from ambush by a white power cracker racist and follower of Goldstein!
All over Amerika this morning there were irrepressible spontaneous demonstrations when workers marched out of factories and offices and paraded through the streets with banners voicing their hatred of Zimmerman and ofay honkies everywhere for threatening the new, happy life which Big Bro’s wise leadership has bestowed upon us.
Grunting and bleating “Melanin good! Lack thereof, bad” hundreds of millions of billions .... “

I guess nobody will ever know for sure what happened but Zimmerman and Martin (and Martin sure isn't talking). But if I had to guess I bet what happened was —Treyvon was on the phone with his girlfriend, he told her he was being followed by Zimmerman, she told him to just run. Well the testosterone was flowing and he wasn't about to let his girlfriend think he was a coward. In fact he was going to kick Zimmerman's a$$ so he could call his girlfriend back and brag about how he taught that “cracker” not to follow him. Zimmerman asked him what he was doing? He proceeded to punch Zimmerman in the face and start beating his head into the concrete. Only thing he didn't count on was Zimmerman having a gun...

"If he and his friends experimented with marijuana, it's still completely irrelevant," Crump said.

It might have been completely irrelevant ... if Martin's family, the MSM and all the assorted race-baiters hadn't promoted the boy's squeaky-clean image as prima facie evidence that he couldn't have attacked Zimmerman.

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posted on 03/26/2012 1:09:33 PM PDT
by Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)

Yes, the entitlement pathology is indeed nationwide among the racist parasites. Also, national in scope is the political opportunism of fomenting racial strife perceived by the America-destroying Communists.

"White Guilt" and "See? I'm NOT a racist! (I support Trayvon!)" continue to play starring roles, too.

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posted on 03/26/2012 1:09:56 PM PDT
by newgeezer
(It is [the people's] right and duty to be at all times armed. --Thomas Jefferson)

I keep hearing about the 911 tape where Zimmerman is heard making a racial remark but when I listen, I can’t hear it. There are warnings... EXPLICIT. Can you hear what they’re talking about? Am I deaf?

I keep hearing about the 911 tape where Zimmerman is heard making a racial remark but when I listen, I cant hear it. There are warnings... EXPLICIT. Can you hear what theyre talking about? Am I deaf?

This is finally starting to make some sense. As the details of the event start to leak out, the disingenuous, biased media (DBM) are slowly releasing it in bits and pieces in the hopes that none of the dumbed down, entitlement morons are able to put the pieces together and realize that they have been had!!

No wonder they had to clean up the original photo of Trayvon - they had to make him look like an innocent victim instead of the thug he turned out to be.

I have not followed this very closely, but some discussion about your question was on TV (probably FoxNews) the other night. It was something to the effect of the dispatcher asking Zimmerman whether the other person was black, and at first the (media was reporting) thought was that Zimmerman had volunteered to the dispatcher that he was black. I don’t think anything was said about a racial remark, just some conversation mentioning “black”.

If you listen to the tape he does utter effin punk. It is this that some are trying to say sounds like effin coon.

There is almost nothing but misinformation and outright lies coming from both 'sides' of this thing.

All that we, the public and media. know is what the Sanford PD released...a police report and fewer than ten taped calls from Zimmerman and witnesses.

it is crucial to understand that between the end of Zimmerman's call, wherein he said that Martin ran away, and the fight-in-progress 911 calls absolutely nothing has been released.

This is probably because nobody other than Zimmerman and Martin saw or heard any of it. IOW...those who say that Zimmerman instigated the fight then started to lose and those who say that Martin attacked are both just speculating.

It is also important to understand that Zimmerman's statement is legally considered to be a self-serving statement, which lacks validity without neutral corroboration. The law assumes that most will never lie to cast blame on themselves and that most will lie to avoid blame and punishment.

Some a-hole right here on FR seriously contended that Zimmerman's wounds were self inflicted.

I'm no medical expert, but I would think that a blow to the face that results in a broken nose would at least leave some bruise marks on the attacker's hand....? The forensic results will be interesting.

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